World Architecture Festival - the NZ finalists

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">New Zealand architects have made a fantastically strong showing in the shortlist of nominees for awards at the World Architecture Festival. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First, with an impressive three nominations (and one shared one) are these projects from Fearon Hay Architects: The Brancott Estate Heritage Centre in Marlborough (below), shortlisted in the  'Display' category of the festival and featured in our December/January 2012 issue. The photo below is by Patrick Reynolds. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-_Quk5Nn4U8sxKYs8N5h49bKhghW2bIZKCPzkZQ-20y4g0K5-g1t3hab4UQLMqx-jqMSPysP3MzuQf8x73glAt3XwR4HTcGfaYBNzLBZXkclG-KJc8GEf7hdpp9tI-OY0NGw_mSzuDbE/s1600/Brancott+Estate+terrace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-_Quk5Nn4U8sxKYs8N5h49bKhghW2bIZKCPzkZQ-20y4g0K5-g1t3hab4UQLMqx-jqMSPysP3MzuQf8x73glAt3XwR4HTcGfaYBNzLBZXkclG-KJc8GEf7hdpp9tI-OY0NGw_mSzuDbE/s640/Brancott+Estate+terrace.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fearon Hay's Imperial Lane project in Auckland (below), featured in our February/March issue, picked up a nomination in the festival's 'Old and New' category. Photo by Patrick Reynolds. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5Qhc25NboTObqD-9zFnYOa2OaxLCz3CNkvKGkxQ6pQgpTIRzuhmLbiTqbOL1b95k6JL8MFgFSWr0Hl_VTrqMVqmkygU6jjNjtX-v4H_oUGB-FfRjeDXbz_ntNqFm3O6UDpsjCR4rRaLn/s1600/Fearon+Hay+Imperial+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5Qhc25NboTObqD-9zFnYOa2OaxLCz3CNkvKGkxQ6pQgpTIRzuhmLbiTqbOL1b95k6JL8MFgFSWr0Hl_VTrqMVqmkygU6jjNjtX-v4H_oUGB-FfRjeDXbz_ntNqFm3O6UDpsjCR4rRaLn/s640/Fearon+Hay+Imperial+for+blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jeff Fearon and Tim Hay are going to have a very busy time of it when they present shortlisted projects to the judges at the festival in Singapore in October: their Island Retreat (below), featured in our current issue, has been shortlisted in the 'Villa' category of the awards. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And the firm was also nominated in the urban design category, along with Taylor Cullity Lethlean of Melbourne, for their excellent work at Auckland's North Wharf (below). Both photos by Patrick Reynolds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span>  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpZb_oqa81Oh8xUMpH-bej8L-XacW0jx3Z_r74GqAFXoiOSbp3ILA3HdlICfQg4fuVLwVi8vMYlj804ZO3FYKABu42BiJyGoFgk1jet7pZuVu7MZxrVlTdwXLBj3FouVbcZsCLow1ubNx/s1600/HNZ0612FearonHay-House_ISLAND+RETREAT_9284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpZb_oqa81Oh8xUMpH-bej8L-XacW0jx3Z_r74GqAFXoiOSbp3ILA3HdlICfQg4fuVLwVi8vMYlj804ZO3FYKABu42BiJyGoFgk1jet7pZuVu7MZxrVlTdwXLBj3FouVbcZsCLow1ubNx/s640/HNZ0612FearonHay-House_ISLAND+RETREAT_9284.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RueA35KQ2O45rYQ-15AWKuz7ef7jNU5x-7ilhTKExRWKKpfVFTIR6Zn8zViaS5STYuYKo7QQZIgaE5iixvAdbkSnRZD7iKCcbZjUSnrps7lXczHix0MPtlmyi7UTrOZUwVI1E3veS8mA/s1600/North+Wharf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RueA35KQ2O45rYQ-15AWKuz7ef7jNU5x-7ilhTKExRWKKpfVFTIR6Zn8zViaS5STYuYKo7QQZIgaE5iixvAdbkSnRZD7iKCcbZjUSnrps7lXczHix0MPtlmyi7UTrOZUwVI1E3veS8mA/s640/North+Wharf.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In non-Fearon Hay nominations, Ken Crosson of Crosson Clarke Carnachan's Hut on Sleds at Whangapoua Beach (below), a finalist in our Home of the Year award 2012, is shortlisted in the festival's 'Villa' category. Photo by Jackie Meiring. </span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZkh_liLqBz_nvt9lDz0VlS9HYZNbw8v1lGyJ955e20BIlZTeTG45IYLnQM3_kRYg1W8AYuIP3itwKQY5a_l8on8A94Wxns5Xi1sSIjfdpmN4jQPDiJJWFKhiaOhEW-fJuvREQAubcAFp/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZkh_liLqBz_nvt9lDz0VlS9HYZNbw8v1lGyJ955e20BIlZTeTG45IYLnQM3_kRYg1W8AYuIP3itwKQY5a_l8on8A94Wxns5Xi1sSIjfdpmN4jQPDiJJWFKhiaOhEW-fJuvREQAubcAFp/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-662.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Patterson Associates' Geyser building (below) on Auckland's Parnell Road is nominated in the festival's 'Office' category. </span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichhrfsvqkCBG1S_0QJI52edjl2a1TlLXm1BYJWNkMCoxq-iXISZ0nn94Y527ALQMMObKtALiWIxG-Idl4OzxuTRQ5qYCfJrIQCUVqU8B-NJUVOGV2HB3BnVdm_1YuJhFn8B_N4XV53ea6/s1600/Geyser2-560x305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichhrfsvqkCBG1S_0QJI52edjl2a1TlLXm1BYJWNkMCoxq-iXISZ0nn94Y527ALQMMObKtALiWIxG-Idl4OzxuTRQ5qYCfJrIQCUVqU8B-NJUVOGV2HB3BnVdm_1YuJhFn8B_N4XV53ea6/s640/Geyser2-560x305.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As we mentioned earlier in the week, RTA Studio's C3 house (below, which is planned, but not yet built) has picked up a nomination in the 'Future Projects' section.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFQHZtUaUVhYqcb3whFQlUfBmuCUI7MGL8oTSoyy4BCfBnGfTwlQaxFS-HA4JToTKziodR_jzxqCKI3nT3NLDchiEk8ZdpfIqnAjWiw6r_C5xrHp0fpifq2KZUiyVm35edBoziYpOZK0S/s1600/2+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFQHZtUaUVhYqcb3whFQlUfBmuCUI7MGL8oTSoyy4BCfBnGfTwlQaxFS-HA4JToTKziodR_jzxqCKI3nT3NLDchiEk8ZdpfIqnAjWiw6r_C5xrHp0fpifq2KZUiyVm35edBoziYpOZK0S/s640/2+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Also in 'Future Projects' a planned Waikato Whanau Ora centre (below) by Hamish Monk, Aaron Paterson and Dominic Glamuzina of The Flood.</span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHlQLLfsRxQr2A0hbCEfGmN6o94Yr9Sxrf0U4Ll0pQbezpt9IJrRE64y18bIgtkM9S-QlLt5mP2NPmzVv1NVr4Kb60VSIAW7r8IwRW25PhDbvUdXz9y0ostz7haXBTOvyOjib_R7c5Y5n/s1600/Whanau+Ora+by+The+Flood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHlQLLfsRxQr2A0hbCEfGmN6o94Yr9Sxrf0U4Ll0pQbezpt9IJrRE64y18bIgtkM9S-QlLt5mP2NPmzVv1NVr4Kb60VSIAW7r8IwRW25PhDbvUdXz9y0ostz7haXBTOvyOjib_R7c5Y5n/s640/Whanau+Ora+by+The+Flood.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All the finalists will travel to the World Architecture Festival in Singapore in October to give presentations about their work to a panel of judges. We wish them luck, and congratulate them on their success in getting this far. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The full World Architecture Festival shortlist is </span><a href="http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/shortlist.cfm?eventYear=2012" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">here</a>.

World Architecture Festival - the NZ finalists

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Outtakes: Waiheke Island holiday home

<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">In our current issue, the Waiheke Island house by Fearon Hay Architects (photographed by Patrick Reynolds) creates a powerful paradox between a camping experience, with all the outdoors roughness it implies, and the luxurious elegance of a holiday home, to resolve it in a striking chef-d’oeuvre.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">At first sight, to reach for tent and camping metaphors in an expensive holiday home seems to flirt with absurdity. But here, the house and the environment enhance themselves in beautiful contrasts. If you set the luxury trappings aside, there is still something fundamentally camp-like about the experience of being in the home. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">In the living pavilion, light flows freely through the space thanks to the fixed floor-to-ceiling panel windows that make up an entire wall. On the other side, glass doors open to blur the space with the lawn outside.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAVVUfk-CkWYMWHAOImhxmI-JZTw38L76ZMJfMDqaWeY8GzoDLmhPDsqA9X77gj6dfP3QF9cwY5ymZXQi2aq3Jm9XsH56dRadgs2w_FDlF833YsHQ6CdxgZDiE1AoH4n-5VFm8SfD_fOW/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAVVUfk-CkWYMWHAOImhxmI-JZTw38L76ZMJfMDqaWeY8GzoDLmhPDsqA9X77gj6dfP3QF9cwY5ymZXQi2aq3Jm9XsH56dRadgs2w_FDlF833YsHQ6CdxgZDiE1AoH4n-5VFm8SfD_fOW/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_8880.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The pavilions are separated from each other, demanding a physical engagement with the outdoors – be it to feel the wind or get a little wet on your way to bed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIatiz6cL20bJol2mFCH5Y78QJDXqQ_8oRsaeNOqooK_jOZCshJAxmcPqkulGFTzIQE77vv2kRIeSo3W5d7vzJtjdsMOxzZ3MVZv_KZgATBtIqoQcLhZezKkeW-7V2BJXm4YHYxgcbggH/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIatiz6cL20bJol2mFCH5Y78QJDXqQ_8oRsaeNOqooK_jOZCshJAxmcPqkulGFTzIQE77vv2kRIeSo3W5d7vzJtjdsMOxzZ3MVZv_KZgATBtIqoQcLhZezKkeW-7V2BJXm4YHYxgcbggH/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_8861.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">In the empty central space that makes for an outdoor gathering point, the home’s owners gather around a brazier in the evenings. “We thought, if you set up a camp here, this is where you’d put your fire” says Tim Hay of Fearon Hay Architects. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kbfZreE1gpD6xQ3ZV9aKoliRk0IecZJd2-WD1VZznufj0ew7hU2-H509nVsjAa9OAbLc1EHA4lEgiV9XHim5wqAuujbw5sCmkLEUaHXWjce3ulTXVgDQg9D1P7f2i3hbcK95MuWQs9zX/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_9059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The encampment-like arrangement of the house was designed so it nestles into the topography. Says Tim: “There was a strong sense of a centre on the site, like a crater, and we didn’t want to disturb that.” That’s why they designed the pavilions to open inwards to the courtyard, the empty space at the heart of this remarkable home. On the other side of the courtyard is a living area containing a TV.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULuZyW40jtSnChtt7jQtf4zb8RjDNa4uRUE85Q-KObmBsk1h7UI3fuxwY-qzRV3jPcOwDYFyWPCVjgZ-ziFkAc5QVKBuPWIbdLhClxcc6ExOAFRwOkbtejW9Wtz_h5mSDYZy1AKh4ZcyX/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_9034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULuZyW40jtSnChtt7jQtf4zb8RjDNa4uRUE85Q-KObmBsk1h7UI3fuxwY-qzRV3jPcOwDYFyWPCVjgZ-ziFkAc5QVKBuPWIbdLhClxcc6ExOAFRwOkbtejW9Wtz_h5mSDYZy1AKh4ZcyX/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_9034.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">This bowl-like shape of the land surrounding the property is made clear in this view through the main living pavilion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pOeVOa0Wtq_9yFvmuZqLbPBi4IY1Ownxur3CRBZ40z0OJvWcQmDIaL7gCcVgK_V9SVW2Y4Uajq8pLwflhM9klKOQ3LZuMRDelN8ygun3OsJkf0tDA8A8FoTWy5j-Ht5ut2K0bXAhDksH/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_9155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pOeVOa0Wtq_9yFvmuZqLbPBi4IY1Ownxur3CRBZ40z0OJvWcQmDIaL7gCcVgK_V9SVW2Y4Uajq8pLwflhM9klKOQ3LZuMRDelN8ygun3OsJkf0tDA8A8FoTWy5j-Ht5ut2K0bXAhDksH/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_9155.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXZEqIhwCKgVS5MthjDP6bAccSq77INz-iR4dKOUe5u_5SO9QoIjRTVkUSsvhuSsJBloZpqTwjgvAe__lUqm9gsV2gZ_OLuTq40aQt1MynJxsJLpThDLCOrE1AdFrQ_BIqNo6SEoS5F-S/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXZEqIhwCKgVS5MthjDP6bAccSq77INz-iR4dKOUe5u_5SO9QoIjRTVkUSsvhuSsJBloZpqTwjgvAe__lUqm9gsV2gZ_OLuTq40aQt1MynJxsJLpThDLCOrE1AdFrQ_BIqNo6SEoS5F-S/s400/ISLAND+RETREAT_8937.JPG" width="266" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The encampment setting heightens the sense of luxury of having a roof on your head. Roughness and refinement merge into each other. In the ensuite bathroom, designed by Tim’s sister Penny of Penny Hay Interiors, white curtains run on a continuous track around the room, allowing it to be turned into a cocoon-like space.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcWg0jFAF44BLLhTdiO8KBlAYnm3s8ef5lCXm46WJTOpYE5Ql7n6vD-268ebTiQeVgX4yp0-KaF7L7_z5JQkNqxER1f2ntek5uvrj-ZvQIv61aQYrvlg15YKFhx4EEI1J0eAGrFa9cwkL/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcWg0jFAF44BLLhTdiO8KBlAYnm3s8ef5lCXm46WJTOpYE5Ql7n6vD-268ebTiQeVgX4yp0-KaF7L7_z5JQkNqxER1f2ntek5uvrj-ZvQIv61aQYrvlg15YKFhx4EEI1J0eAGrFa9cwkL/s400/ISLAND+RETREAT_8946.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> An overhead skylight in the ensuite bathroom allows light to spill down the wall.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">“We were keen that [the house] had an expression of materiality that wasn’t too perfect or polished,” Tim says, so they chose a roughcast plaster finish for the house nicely offset by the smooth sheen of the perforated metal screens. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyFh1rSUsKIoaDnuBEvgA1mTAcMKr2Bveru1uqWo2hQKVuESV8nnWjdiQ8xlCi9UwX4k26GrT7nyyJ4oFoSEDan5qvWuNMIOwvTi1Rc4yKpWkSALfb8hysB799374X6tZPH1W6UeWa5l-/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyFh1rSUsKIoaDnuBEvgA1mTAcMKr2Bveru1uqWo2hQKVuESV8nnWjdiQ8xlCi9UwX4k26GrT7nyyJ4oFoSEDan5qvWuNMIOwvTi1Rc4yKpWkSALfb8hysB799374X6tZPH1W6UeWa5l-/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_8820.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">This house ultimately gives you the feeling to be both surrounded by nature and still nestled in comfort.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DHPiM37v2VMve2KFaFy7AR-vhK3e4bsYfy6fcjrJzgEhNt3eEgx00Sy63cLSr_VXld8Z6kh-Gdc4o3UDzCteZIDVUgb2KV95kdFh-Rq8svEx5YqNE1DIlvmNo7OxobGEJxHfPCepn5ri/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_9187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DHPiM37v2VMve2KFaFy7AR-vhK3e4bsYfy6fcjrJzgEhNt3eEgx00Sy63cLSr_VXld8Z6kh-Gdc4o3UDzCteZIDVUgb2KV95kdFh-Rq8svEx5YqNE1DIlvmNo7OxobGEJxHfPCepn5ri/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_9187.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">From the courtyard, a small aperture between the bedrooms allows a glimpse of the view to the west, taking in Rangitoto and the waters of the Hauraki Gulf. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Fearon Hay wins chapel design competition

<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fearon Hay Architects have won the much sought-after competition to design a chapel at Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The firm's design features a glass-walled chapel with a canopy roof featuring mosaic artwork.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"This winning design, in its inherent simplicity and economy of means, provides a powerful starting point for achieving an inspiring, useful and ‘of its time’ Chapel," said David Sheppard, President-elect of the NZ Institute of Architects and the competition judging panel chair. "It promises to become a perfect complement to the great works of St Mary’s, Architect Towle’s Chancel, Dr Toy’s Nave and forecourt, and Jacky Bowring’s memorial gardens.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It will be located at the south end of the Cathedral, where a "temporary" corrugated iron wall has stood for almost 40 years. Here are some of the images developed by Fearon Hay in their entry to the competition:</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQErE-MJXwDUCHUxNwT6YB_lqxJda56fbpBnqXgInfbefMSIRGpE_UQqM-b1u8F3F8iWh_8cmsqYsiNydH8jj1zRkuzOEqoZgkBWLXhKFV1mltAJDwx_iRbwXclYXg4Nt-i-5KttSDxMs/s1600/FHA_HTC_New+chapel+section+vignette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQErE-MJXwDUCHUxNwT6YB_lqxJda56fbpBnqXgInfbefMSIRGpE_UQqM-b1u8F3F8iWh_8cmsqYsiNydH8jj1zRkuzOEqoZgkBWLXhKFV1mltAJDwx_iRbwXclYXg4Nt-i-5KttSDxMs/s400/FHA_HTC_New+chapel+section+vignette.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; 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border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vnhaTKN_uipX4d6rTgBAW9ETE5wm24qTiljZYfE0l9L3solGaHQdNpVtr9LK4j5oru0ECNcgQ2kfpeeM7y5LMTrChBd0IN9RlG_PTKs72uRvgOszTNZpSRABCMSuWDGKbUFBN1LbP9G0/s1600/FHA_HTC_St+Marys+connection+perspective.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vnhaTKN_uipX4d6rTgBAW9ETE5wm24qTiljZYfE0l9L3solGaHQdNpVtr9LK4j5oru0ECNcgQ2kfpeeM7y5LMTrChBd0IN9RlG_PTKs72uRvgOszTNZpSRABCMSuWDGKbUFBN1LbP9G0/s320/FHA_HTC_St+Marys+connection+perspective.jpg" width="250" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWZQ_vWy2QE9X34YGyGF-x7tZE7J_tJe6U5yexUBwEPCaJiddKyLwmk3DoN-pU-phSWF1Etup9y7I5Y1H_yYDvH39AB1WjN67vw6MhtgfEnN7VCdAlJ_GZa0FBgd6QoZj2wNafkv-wf7U/s1600/FHA_HTC_New+chapel+interior+perspective.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our congratulations to Jeff Fearon and Tim Hay and the team at Fearon Hay Architects. </span></div></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The design competition was run through the NZ Institute of Architects. The winning entry from chosen from a shortlist comprised of Athfield Architects, Architectus, and RTA Studio in collaboration with Bossley Architects. Work is expected to start next year. </span>

Fearon Hay wins chapel design competition

Fearon Hay Architects have won the much sought-after competition to design a chapel at Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral. The firm's...

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